COMMON POWERUp 2025: Full Schedule

Unlock the Power of IBM i at POWERUp 2025!

Join us in Disneyland, California, for POWERUp 2025, the premier conference for IBM i professionals. Whether you’re an experienced expert or just starting your IBM i journey, this event offers unparalleled education, hands-on workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. Stay ahead of the curve with insights from industry leaders, explore the latest innovations, and connect with a thriving community that shares your passion for IBM i. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge, grow your skills, and power up your career!

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8:00am PDT

You're Fired! ... Now What?

Thursday May 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT

Room 3

Some of us are lucky enough to have a single job for our entire career, but for most, we will at some point change jobs - either by our choice or our employer's choice. It just makes sense to be prepared for that reality, in case it happens. The irony is that many of the things you can do today to make yourself more employable in the event you ever do find yourself fired also may just make it far less likely that you ever will be fired!

Speakers

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son

Steven Wolk is the Chief Technology Officer for PC Richard & Son, a family owned and operated chain of 66 appliance and electronics superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Founded in 1909, PC Richard has always been known for honesty, integrity, and reliability throughout... Read More →

Thursday May 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Personal Development

9:15am PDT

How to shift even more left in testing

Thursday May 22, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT

Room 3

Everyone knows that the sooner you find a bug in your application, the less expensive it will be to fix, with bugs in your production environment being catastrophically expensive. Despite this knowledge, we traditionally underperform in this area. Why? Because testing is complex and time-consuming. Join our presentation to learn the techniques to take your testing to the next level, making it easier, faster, and more effective.

Speakers

Jeroen Van Dun

IBM Champion & Product Manager, Rocket Software

Thursday May 22, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Program Testing

11:15am PDT

OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Functions – much more than running numbers!

Thursday May 22, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT

Room 3

The first OLAP Functions were already introduced with Release 6.1, for building running numbers and ranks, in a specific sequence and even with the ability to restart numbering at a predefined level. At release 7.3 a bunch of additional OLAP functions and enhancements for existing OLAP functions are introduced. With these enhancements it is possible to easily build running totals or averages with or without level breaks. Data cannot only be accumulated over all rows, but also within a specific range. It is easy to access and compare the first, previous, next or last occurrence of the data within a partition. This session will give you an overview over the available OLAP functions and how they can be exploited.

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Birgitta Hauser - Modernization - Education - Consulting

Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →

Thursday May 22, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database

1:30pm PDT

Simple Steps to Improving Data Security on IBM i

Thursday May 22, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT

Room 3

During this session we will cover a wide range of security and compliance methods including row permissions and column masks used to control access to data and enforce separation of duties, authority collection used to determine the lowest level of security needed by a user, audit journals used to audit the effectiveness of your security solutions, and IBM i services which can be used to quickly accomplish security tasks, including automating security policies. This session will include many examples that you will be able to take home and use right away.

Speakers

John Westcott

Db2 for i Consultant and Team Lead, IBM

John Westcott is the Db2 for i Team Lead in IBM Technology Expert Labs. John is highyly skilled in SQL, RPG, Data Analytics, Rest API, and both database and application modernization. John has over 35 years of experience on IBM i and it's past family of names. John has a storied career... Read More →

Thursday May 22, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database

3:00pm PDT

Accelerate your Excel!

Thursday May 22, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Room 3

Are you intimidated by spreadsheets? Do you use Excel for the basics, but know you could be so much more productive with it if only you knew how? Do you cringe when other business people within your company ask for data in spreadsheet form? Excel is a wonderful tool, especially when paired with the IBM i! It's incredibly powerful, and can save you lots of time. This session will begin with the basics and then progress through more advanced Excel topics such as functions, pivot tables, and array formulas. Using real life examples, you'll see how these new skills will help you in your career. Finally, we'll review powerful methods of pulling data from your IBM i directly into Excel spreadsheets! You'll even leave with sample code you can leverage within Excel to give you one click access to run an SQL statement from your desktop, and have the results returned in a spreadsheet. After each of the 25 topics covered, we’ll review by playing Excel Bingo, for prizes! Learn some great new Excel skills, have some fun, and maybe leave with a prize!

Speakers

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son

Thursday May 22, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Developing Business Skills

5:00pm PDT

AI Throughout Your Day!

Thursday May 22, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Room 3

Tired of all the hype surrounding AI? Would you like to be more productive using AI - today – but you’re not sure where to start? Or maybe you’ve scratched the surface with AI, but want to learn more? Either way, this is the session for you! Here we skip the theory and dive straight into real-world applications that boost productivity and streamline daily tasks using AI based tools. Join us for this session and leave with tangible skills to supercharge your productivity, while producing better results, with less effort!

Speakers

Steve Wolk

CTO, PC Richard & Son

Thursday May 22, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Room 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Personal Development